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Color Reader · Free

The color in any photo, read.

Add a photo to see its main colors, named, with hex codes and how much of the frame each one covers, plus how they relate on the color wheel. Your photo is read right here in your browser and never uploaded.

Sample photo: Athens from above, with terracotta roofs under a blue sky and pine trees in front. Sample photo · Drop your own

JPEG, PNG, or WebP. You can also paste a photo. RAW files need an editor; that's what Lantern is for.

Main colors, by share of the frame

    Relationship

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      Lantern

      This is a small piece of Lantern.

      Lantern is a RAW photo editor that reads every photo you open, then gives you Looks you can see into: every adjustment visible, explained in plain words, and yours to change. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Android, and it's in private beta now.

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      Main colors

      The photo is grouped into its most common colors, in a color space built to match how people see. Tiny slivers are left out, so you see what shapes the photo.

      Names and codes

      Each color gets the closest common name and its hex code. Click Copy to use a code anywhere, or copy the whole palette at once.

      The color wheel

      Colors with a clear hue are placed on the wheel, farther out the more vivid they are. Where they sit tells you the relationship: neighbors, opposites, or something in between.